This conference will conclude the first phase of the UK-wide Delivery Partnership work programme.

The Delivery Partnership is a higher education sector-led partnership of a number of education stakeholders, the first phase of which focused on the implementation of 20 recommended reforms to the current applications process.  The conference will update delegates on these changes, including applicant feedback, the adjustment period and the simplification of the art and design applications process, and will offer delegates the opportunity to hear the next steps for the Delivery Partnership.

The conference will be chaired by Sir Graeme Davies, Chair of the Delivery Partnership and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London.  Other confirmed speakers include:

• Professor Steve Smith, Vice Chancellor, University of Exeter
• Andrea Robertson, Director, Customer and Applications Services, UCAS
• Janet Graham, Director of Supporting Professionalism in Admissions (SPA)

Delegates will also be able to hear the views of the devolved administrations on a panel session in the afternoon.

The day will be of interest to colleagues in university admissions, as well as colleagues in the school and further education sectors.

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For further information about the Delivery Partnership please click here.

Presentations from the day

Entry Profiles, applicant feedback, removal of predicted grades and E-portfolios
Janet Graham, Director, Supporting Professionalism in Admissions (SPA)

UCAS: Number of applications, UCAS Extra and Vacancy lists
Andrea Robertson, Director, Customer and Applications Services, UCAS

Demonstrating the principle of equal consideration
Angela Milln, Director of Student Recruitment, Access and Admissions, University of Bristol

Adjustment period
Steve Smith, Vice Chancellor, University of Exeter, and Vice-President, Universities UK; Delyth Chambers, Expert Adviser to the Delivery Partnership

How the adjustment period might work
Laura Kishore, Academic Registrar, University of Reading

Simplification of art and design applications process
Professor David Vaughan, GuildHE, Principal (retired), Cumbria Institute of the Arts (now University of Cumbria), Vice Chair of the Delivery Partnership and Chair of the Art and Design Working Group

What will the changes to the Art and Design process mean for Higher Education Institutions?
Astrid MacKellar, Assistant Registrar, Admissions, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth